James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.
Top Cast
James Earl Jones as King Lear
Douglass Watson as Kent
Paul Sorvino as Gloucester
Raúl Juliá as Edmund
Rosalind Cash as Goneril
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